Great Performances

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The Israel Philharmonic 70th Anniversary Gala Concert
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The Israel Philharmonic, founded in 1936 to save Jewish musicians from the eminent holocaust, celebrates it's anniversary with a concert in Tel Aviv. The orchestra is conducted by Zubin .. show full overview
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Eric Clapton Crossroads Guitar Festival Chicago
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Eric Clapton leads an all-star blues lineup that includes B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow, John Mayer, Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy; host Bill Murray.
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Vivere: Andrea Bocelli Live in Tuscany
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Andrea Bocelli presents a concert from the hills of Lajatico, the rural village in Tuscany where the singer grew up. A special theater was built on the slopes just for this concert. .. show full overview
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Great Performances at the Met: Viewer's Choice
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Renee Fleming hosts a countdown of Great Performances greatest opera moments in this special marking the 30th anniversary of Great Performances at the Met.
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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
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The L.A. Opera presents Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by composer Kurt Weill and playwright Bertolt Brecht. Considered by many to be one of the greatest operas of the 20th .. show full overview
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From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2008
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Great Performances returns to Vienna for the 24th consecutive year for the New Year's Celebration. Walter Cronkite hosts, and conductor Georges Prêtre leads the Vienna Philharmonic. .. show full overview
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Company
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Stephen Sondheim's musical about a man who celebrates his 35th birthday with 10 friends, who happen to be 5 couples. This 2006 Broadway revival won a Tony award as "Best Revival" of the 2006-2007 seaon.
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The New York Philharmonic: Live from North Korea
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In a historic visit, the New York Philharmonic became the first American artists to perform in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea. Conductor Lorin .. show full overview
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James Taylor: One Man Band
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James Taylor performs his 2007-2008 tour, One Man Band. Taylor's greatest hit songs are interspersed with personal anecdotes and home movies.
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Martina McBride Live In Concert
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The country singer performs songs from her 15-year career, including songs from her latest CD, Waking Up Laughing. The concert was recorded live at i wireless Center in Moline, Illinois.
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Peter and the Wolf
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Stop-frame model animation, puppets, and digital photography are used to tell Sergei Prokofiev's classic tale in which orchestral instruments personify the characters of the story. The .. show full overview
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Great Performances at the Met: Hansel and Gretel
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Engelbert Humperdinck's opera based on the fairy tale by The Brothers Grimm.
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Great Performances at the Met: Roméo et Juliette
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Charles Gounod's opera based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." Opera great Plácido Domingo takes the conductor's baton in this version.
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Great Performances at the Met: Macbeth
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Giuseppe Verdi's opera based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name is performed by New York's Metropolitan Opera Company.
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Dance in America: Wolf Trap's Face of America
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Dance, photography and America's parks combine to present this on-location episode of Wolf Trap's acclaimed Face of America artistic adventure series. Performances include aerial .. show full overview
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Primo
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Acclaimed South African actor Antony Sher performs his own adaptation of Primo Levi's Survival in Auschwitz. A chemist and member of the Italian resistance movement, Primo Levi spent 11 .. show full overview
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Great Performances at the Met: Manon Lescaut
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Giacomo Puccini's opera based on a French novel by Antoine François Prévost (the Abbé Prévost) telling the story of a pair of young lovers.
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Great Performances at the Met: Peter Grimes
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Benjamin Britton's opera about a man who proclaims his innocence under accusation.
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Maestro: Portrait of Valery Gergiev
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Oscar nominated documentarian Allen Miller presents a portrait of Valery Gergiev, artistic director and general director of St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theater. Gergiev is also principal .. show full overview
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Karajan, Or Beauty as I See It
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Documentation of the life and career of Herbert von Karajan, one of the most respected conductors of the 20th centry. Karajan was director of the Berlin Philharmonic for 35 years, and .. show full overview

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